<p>The insane amount of summer construction going on made me look at UVa</a> - Construction Projects</p>
<p>And those are just the major projects, not counting all the sidewalk ones they seem to be doing (why are they ripping up half of the McCormick Rd bridge again?). Is this decade a particularly exceptional case of construction at UVA, or has it kind of been like this year after year? How has the recession and decreased endowment affected construction plans? I mean, the UVA budget is like 1.1 billion dollars a year, but we have like half a ongoing dozen projects costing over 80 million dollars?</p>
<p>(I also didn't know we were replacing New Cabell Hall ... I thought were just adding new buildings. Interesting.)</p>
<p>I was thinking about the budget issue earlier. I drove through grounds because I wanted Bodo’s on my way to Ohio (sad right? haha) and saw all the mayhem on McCormick. I’d imagine that the funds for the projects were appropriated over the course of several years past. Of course, the “construction” if you will that I’m most excited about is the replacement of HooVision. Cool list though</p>
<p>UVA has been under construction for at least the past decade. I remember being a senior in HS and coming to UVA to visit and to see my brother. I stayed at his apartment on Brandon Ave. and remember being woken up at 7am to remodeling of Bice. The big thing that went on when I was at UVA was remodeling of Rouss Hall and South Lawn and the general mess along JPA. JPJ was finished; Newcomb had some work done on the exterior; one of the Pavillions was being worked one and the Clemons courtyard was redone. Oh, and they began doing stuff with the dorms. </p>
<p>There’s probably more, but that’s enough! UVA still probably has a laundry list of things they want to do especially with South Lawn.</p>
<p>I agree- TONS of construction! From what I’ve heard from a tour guide/student at DOTL (I’m a rising first year), what the OP posted isn’t even the full list of construction. There’s also a new building built for Systems or Electrical Engineering, or something of the sort.</p>
<p>yea systems and CS are sharing a gorgeous new building that is to be finished in 2011 I believe.</p>
<p>Oh wow, I had thought all those buildings that looked spanking new looked that way because they had been just better-maintained. 
Though I’m not in the Comm school, I took an abstract math course in Rouss; gosh it was gorgeous. (I also like the stock ticker in the McIntire computer lab…must have been horrible to be in during fall of last year though…) I do note many big-name corporate sponsors are publicly noted in Rouss. </p>
<p>And there is still a general mess along JPA … the hospital extension is still under construction. In fact, I don’t know why the completion date is June 2008, because ground has barely been broken at one of the sites where the Trolley passes by. And apparently we 2012’ers will graduate before this “New Cabell Hall replacement” gets completed. Haha, UTS will probably have to redesign their routes again when South Lawn goes up.</p>
<p>The e-school (and the physics building!) is in the biggest need of a remodeling IMO. It surprises me, because I thought the applied sciences would enjoy more sponsorship than the basic sciences…</p>
<p>And Dobie has been knocked down :(</p>
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Amen brother. Last fall the heaters weren’t working/automated, so Stacks was FREEZING until beginning of Dec when we all emailed the e-school office. Everything in the basement is old and gross and those of that live there are probably going to die of asbestos poisoning. Don’t even get me started on the bathrooms. Needless to say, Thornton needs help. Although the new CS/Cpe building will be nice. I’ve been a SEAS tour guide for two years now and finally we can point to the model of the e-school grounds and say “these buildings are being constructed as we speak!” instead of “these buildings are…um…on the plans…to be built…soon…ish…”</p>
<p>There always seems to be a lot of construction at UVA, but I think with the slowdown in the economy UVA is pushing ahead many planned projects to take advantage of the lower cost to build.</p>